Posted on 10/17/2017 6:35:10 AM PDT by pabianice
um... here’s a crazy idea... choose a university you can afford?
naa... that would make too much sense !
that would be like saying everyone can’t buy a porche !
The taxpayers owe me a Fine Arts degree from some “quality” professors.
“But, if the state were to increase funding to lift the weight of student debt off our shoulders, we would all be in a much better financial situation then we are currently in.”
No, the college would increase the spending on its programs like lifting professor outrageous salaries or providing plush dorms.
>>sk anyone if they believe burdening a student with thousands of dollars of debt while receiving a quality education is a good idea and you will likely receive the same answer.<<
No one is burdening anyone with anything. People have Free Will (for the moment anyway). You can get a GREAT education at almost any state school everywhere in the country (the leftist indoctrination is at state and private so that is a different subject).
If someone finances a Ferrari when they can only afford a Mitsubishi Mirage and both will provide the same service, don’t come to me with your hand out asking me to pay for your freaking Ferrari.
Why should We the People be on the hook for someone that got a quality degree in underwater basket weaving?
lol
professor outragous salaries ?
surely you meant the extra money would be spent on new stadiums and lifting coaches salaries?
How to avoid debt:
DO NOT CREATE DEBT
But. instead... go to W O R K!
Now there’s a novel idea
Protest the departments for diluting the curricula with nonsense degrees with no job opportunities.
Protest the professors for living high lifestyles on your backs.
-PJ
Here’s another crazy idea. Don’t borrow money if you don’t want debt. Debt and borrowing money tend to be connected in some weird random way
If you want to be programmed and indoctrinated by Marxists and communists, pay for it yourself.
The blame lies in the universities themselves. They are paying professors to do nothing under the guise of ‘tenure’ and the number keeps growing.
Make tenure go away at public institutions and prices will fall..........................
The ONE thing no longer taught in college, with the college debt being used to create currency, is Return On Investment.
Well, maybe that is two things.
There are ads now running on TV for employers to pay new hires' student debt. I doubt that gets far and I think it could hamper someone getting a job. If two, or more, equally qualified candidates apply for a job, why would an employer take on the student debt of one? They would be the first one eliminated in the selection process.
College is where you begin to learn the cold, hard facts of life and making choices based on your financial position is a major lesson.
Those also!
I’d rather join a movement against outrageous tuition and book costs. THAT is what needs to be addressed. The ones that took out loans to get their degree have already made their bed ... time to sleep in it.
One used to be able to work themselves through college. Now it’s way overpriced.
I’d be on-board for doing this for veterans. College costs have far outstripped the funds from the GI Bill, and vets are certainly more deserving of having their education covered than some basement-dwelling snowflake.
So I had to work three part-time jobs to pay for my own tuition every semester. My parents did help me with some necessities, like books, but otherwise I paid my own way.
I graduated with honors in three years with a business degree and went on active duty in the Air Force afterwards without owing anybody a dime.
So why are these kids today burdening themselves and their parents with debt loads larger than any of them will ever be able to payback? For a degree that will not guarantee them a job that pays enough to service their own student loans?
Student loans are a scam and not needed to get a degree. Unless you don't know what you're doing to begin with.
Economics should be mandatory for all students in their first year of school. Then maybe they will understand what my parents taught me before I went to college.
i joined the army after college and uncle sam paid off my college loans...and i got to serve in the greatest army for the greatest nation, a win-win for both parties....
far be it from me to suggest today’s snowflakes actually do something for their country....
When do we have a movement against high car payments?
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